The Wall Street Journal
WSJ Pollsters Discuss Midterm Lessons
Two WSJ pollsters discuss the U.S. midterm election, including what it says about the state of the nation's politics and how it will shape the 2024 presidential election.
TLDR News
Super Tuesday Explained The Most Important Day of the Primary - TLDR News
Today people across the US will be voting for the Democratic Nominee in Super Tuesday. This one day is the most important of the whole primary process, with a huge number of states casting their vote at one time. We explain how and why...
Financial Times
Why do so few Americans vote?
The FT explains how barriers to voting in some US states, strict ID rules and gerrymandering electoral districts all contribute to a low turnout in the US.
TLDR News
7 Ways MPs Can Stop a No Deal Brexit - Brexit Explained.
A lot of parliamentarians aren't a huge fan of No Deal Brexit. On the whole Members of Parliament think no deal would be bad for the UK, so a lot of them are trying to stop it in its tracks. In this video, we tell you the seven ways that...
Curated Video
Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On - Microservices Application
In this video, we will learn about Microservices Application. This clip is from the chapter "Microservices Architecture" of the series "Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On".In this section, we will work on microservices...
60 Second Histories
Mrs Pankhurst – marriage
Emmeline discusses marriage and her early life in the suffragist movement
The March of Time
1952: KEFAUVER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS PRESS ROOM: Senator Estes Kefauver sitting talking w/ LIFE Washington correspondent Frank McNaughton, SOT on Portland returns, Estes giving LIFE reporter compliment, spot checks 60% , Estes turns to Nancy, proud.
MOT 1952: KEFAUVER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS PRESS ROOM: Senator Estes Kefauver sitting talking w/ LIFE Washington correspondent Frank McNaughton, SOT on Portland returns, Estes giving LIFE reporter compliment, spot checks 60% , Estes turns...
TLDR News
Who Could Replace Theresa May?
With Brexit in such disarray, a number of people are theorizing that the UK's current Prime Minister, Theresa May, could step down or be forced out. So we discuss how she could end up leaving, and who could take her place.
The Economist
Election 2020: How do America's presidential primaries work?
As the Democratic primary race enters its busiest period, John Prideaux, The Economist's US editor, gives his essential guide to understanding the process by which America's presidential candidates are chosen.
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1808
The sixth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1808, James Madison easily wins to continue Democratic Republican dominance.
TLDR News
Georgia Elections: Have Democrats Snatched Control of the Senate? - TLDR News
Yesterday Georgians returned to the polls to vote for their two new senators in the run off elections. However, these votes weren't just important to the peach state, with the entire balance of the senate on the line. So in this video,...
Hip Hughes History
Baker vs. Carr Explained
The concept of one man, one vote was set down in the 1962 Supreme Court decision, Baker vs. Carr. In this 5 minute video we slay the case with the sword of meaning. Super duper for flipped lessons for American Government and Political...
Professor Dave Explains
Lyndon B. Johnson: A Tragic Figure (1963 – 1969)
Lyndon Johnson ascended to the presidency upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was a large, imposing man, who had been an influential Senate Majority Leader and Vice President. And as President, it is difficult to say whether he...
TLDR News
Will MPs Pass Johnson's Deal? - Brexit Explained
So earlier this week Johnson and the EU finally managed to reach a deal, but it's not all plain sailing for Johnson just yet. Before they can finalize the deal it needs to go through the UK's Parliament. This is the point where May's...
Englishing
Lesson on ELLIPSIS - leaving out words (Italians are more cunning than I am)
This video is about ellipsis. Ellipsis is to leave out words that are considered unnecessary. Used mainly in spoken English. This lesson is intended for elementary students who wish to learn English grammar, and for those levels above...
Curated Video
Machine Learning Random Forest with Python from Scratch - How Decision Trees and Random Forest Work
We will understand what a decision tree is and create a decision tree and get a prediction result from the decision tree. This clip is from the chapter "Random Forest Step-by-Step" of the series "Machine Learning: Random Forest with...
TLDR News
Still No Brexit Deal Agreed: What Happens to Negotiations Now? - TLDR News
Well… this weekend was meant to be it. The make or break weekend for Brexit negotiations and yet neither seems to have happened… or did both? In this video we explain what happened this weekend, if a no deal is inevitable & what happens...
The Guardian
A massacre that changed Britain: does Peterloo still resonate today?
Two hundred years ago, a group of people seeking political change became victims of a massacre. Would the Peterloo marchers be satisfied with today's Britain? Are their issues now our issues? The Guardian's Helen Pidd retraces the...
Curated Video
The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe
Famous American author Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting death may have been a result of cooping, a violent form of voter fraud practiced in the 19th century.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Zucchino - Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino is a contributing writer for The New York Times. He was awarded a 2021 Pulitzer Prize for his book, "Wilmington's Lie." He was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his dispatches from apartheid South Africa. Mr....
The Guardian
Why the world is getting hotter and how you can help
How to save the world, by counting to zero: the Guardian's Phoebe Weston breaks down all the climate jargon we have been hearing in the run-up to Cop26, the make-or-break climate summit starting on Sunday, and explains what we – and most...
TLDR News
The End of Johnson? Tories Destroyed in By-Election - TLDR News
Yesterday, voters went to the polls in North Shropshire to select a new MP. The safe Conservative seat was lost by the party to the Liberal Democrats, leading many to wonder if Johnson's time at the helm may soon be ended by the endless...
TLDR News
How do EU Elections Work in the UK? - Brexit Explained
It looks like the UK will be taking part in the upcoming EU elections, to be held in May. So in this video we discuss how European Parliamentary elections work in the UK. The system is really quite different to the standard, first past...
Curated Video
The Complete Python Course - if...elif...else
This lecture demonstrates when more than two conditions or statements are present for executing code. This clip is from the chapter "Python – Decision-Making Statements" of the series "The Complete Python Course (2022)".This section...